Project Scheduling with Time Windows and Scarce Resources (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2003. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2003) Temporal and Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling with Regular and Nonregular Objective Functions

1 Temporal Project Scheduling.- 1.1 Minimum and maximum time lags.- 1.2 Activity-on-node project networks.- 1.3 Temporal project scheduling computations.- 1.4 Orders in the set of activities.- 2 Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling — Minimization of Project Duration.- 2.1 Formulation of the problem.- 2.2 Cycle structures in activity-on-node project networks.- 2.3 Properties of the feasible region.- 2.4 Different types of shifts and sets of schedules.- 2.5 Branch-and-bound and truncated branch-and-bound methods.- 2.6 Priority-rule methods.- 2.7 Schedule-improvement procedures.- 2.8 Experimental performance analysis.- 2.9 Application to make-to-order production in manufacturing industry.- 2.10 Regular objective functions different from project duration.- 2.11 Calendarization.- 2.12 Project scheduling with cumulative resources.- 2.13 Project scheduling with synchronizing resources.- 2.14 Project scheduling with sequence-dependent changeover times.- 2.15 Multi-mode project scheduling problems.- 2.16 Application to batch production in process industries.- 3 Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling — Minimization of General Objective Functions.- 3.1 Different objective functions.- 3.2 Additional types of shifts and sets of schedules.- 3.3 Classification of objective functions.- 3.4 Time complexity of time-constrained project scheduling.- 3.5 Relaxation-based approach for function classes 1 to 5.- 3.6 Tree-based approach for function classes 6 and 7.- 3.7 Priority-rule methods.- 3.8 Schedule-improvement procedures.- 3.9 Application to investment projects.- 3.10 Hierarchical project planning.- References.- List of Symbols.- Three-Field Classification for Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling.

Presents a survey of present state of resource-constrained project scheduling including models, solution methods, and applications Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras